Material Science

Because we're living in a material world

Analysis of the structure and function of existing and development of new materials are central objectives in material science. Due to the small size of the material’s building blocks, conventional light microscopy is frequently insufficient. For this reason, electron microscopy and near-field microscopy were important tools for material science. Today, 2D and 3D super-resolution approaches like STED and MINFLUX facilitate material science research in various experimental systems. Most importantly, due to the use of light microscopy, the analysis of the materials can be done without sectioning and without changing the properties of the materials.

Abberior offers several unique microscope features which facilitate material sciences imaging at the highest possible resolution:

• MINFLUX imaging mode for resolutions down to 2 nm

• MINFLUX single particle tracking with up to 10 kHz, i.e., 1 data point every 100 µs

• Adaptive Illumination for super-resolution STED imaging at minimal light dosages

• Lifetime imaging and advanced time-gating

• Pulsed high-power STED lasers for best resolutions with 2D and 3D super-resolution nanoscopy

• Detectors with superior detection efficiency (up to 65%)

Year	Journal	Author	Title
2012	Micron	D. Busko et al.	New possibilities for materials science with STED microscopy
2019	​nature reviews chemistry	Silvia Pujals et al.	Super-resolution microscopy as a powerful tool to study complex synthetic materials